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English words starting with “C”

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colt

noun
Louisiana Creole:poulin

“Un poulin çé pli piti pasé un jumen.”

— A colt is smaller than a mare.

colter

noun
Louisiana Creole:kout

coma

Noun
Louisiana Creole:trepase, trépasé

comb

noun
Louisiana Creole:piniy (alt: pinñ)

“Mo ashté un pènniy pou mô shvé.”

— I purchased a comb for my hair.

comb

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:piniyé (alt: pinñé, pènnyé)

“Va piniyé tô shvé!”

— Go brush your hair.

“Mo pinñ”

— I brush

combined

adjective
Louisiana Creole:kombiné
Synonyms:mélé

“Léfòr kombiné”

— Combined effort

come

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini
Synonyms:vini bæk, retourné, tourné bæk, return, come back
Antonyms:parti, kouri, go, leave

“Vyin wa.”

— Come see.

“Li viní o stó pou ashté fromaj.”

— He came to the store to purchase cheese.

“Yé vyin oswá.”

— They come at night.

come

Verb
Louisiana Creole:vyin

come and go

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vatévyin

“Yé vatévyin kom ça.”

— They come and go like that.

come from

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:sorti a, sorti en; devini a
Synonyms:éné a, éné en; born; élévé; raise

“Mô popá sòr a Sésilyá.”

— My dad comes from Cecilia.

“Mô mari té sortí o Kinkvil.”

— My husband was from Kankton.

“Li devyin a Karenkró.”

— He comes from Carencro.

come get

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini shærshé, vini shèrshé
Antonyms:va mèt; go put

“Vyin shærshé ça.”

— Come get that.

“Li mandé sô gaçon vini shærshé sô fiy.”

— She asked her son to come get his daughter.

come home

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:rentré; vini a lamézon
Antonyms:sorti; parti; kouri; leave; go

“Li rentré tar iyèr oswá.”

— He got home late last night.

“Rent pa tar aswá!”

— Don't come home late tonight!

come to

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vini pou
Synonyms:for the purpose of

“Vini pou ashté sosis”

— Come to buy sausage

“Li té viní pou lavé ti shyin-la.”

— She came to wash the dog.

come to a head

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:abouti

“Sô bobó té aboutí é mo té gin pou krazé li.”

— His sore came to a head and I had to crush it.

comedy

Noun
Louisiana Creole:lakomedi, lakomédi